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When women and girls live free from the threat of sexual violence, they can live healthier, happier lives. Yet, rape and sexual abuse continue to be everyday violent occurrences, affecting close to a billion women and girls over their lifetimes.

Unless governments fix their laws on rape and sexual assault and implement them effectively and sensitively, we are unlikely to see an end to this worldwide abuse of women and girls.

Call on governments to comprehensively look at their laws relating to rape, sexual violence, and abuse. Laws and legal systems around the world need to be amended to prevent sexual violence, to ensure justice if it happens and to promote equality.

Achieving legal equality gives women and girls a level playing field from which to make their own choices, build their capabilities and achieve their hopes and dreams.